The Middle Ages are a period of European history that began with the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 A.D. and ended with the beginning of the Renaissance in the 15th century.
During the medieval period , Christianity and Islam became popular religions. It was also a time during which castles and cathedrals were built throughout Europe.
Scholars often called this era the Dark Ages because they believed there was little progress during this thousand-year period.
Contents (43 pages)
- Introduction
- History of the Middle Ages
- Religion and cathedrals
- Medieval castles
- Life in the Middle Ages
- Knights, tournaments, weapons
- Exercises
- Word list
- Key
- Interactive PDF – Let your students do the exercises directly in the PDF file !

“A Town in the Middle Ages” by kim.stovring is licensed under CC BY 2.0 .